Ecuador and Colombia’s Presidents Are Now Accusing Each Other of Working With Drug Cartels
Ecuador's Noboa told Semana that Petro "dances merengue with the mafia." Petro responded with a criminal lawsuit. Tariffs hit 100%....
April 20, 2026Section
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Colombia’s COLCAP Breaks Below Ichimoku Cloud in Bearish Marubozu
COLCAP Colombia today fell 1.33% to 2,301 in a bearish marubozu, landing on the 200-day SMA as election risk and...
April 20, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Monday, April 20, 2026
Latin American Pulse: Bolivia opposition wins 7 of 9 governorships, Paz coalition crushed. Hormuz ceasefire expires Tuesday. Peru dead heat...
April 20, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Saturday, April 18, 2026
Latin American Pulse: Iran reopens Hormuz, Brent crashes 9%. Petrobras falls 7%, Ibovespa third straight loss. Peru dead heat at...
April 18, 2026
How Latin America Turned Murder Into a Flourishing Global Industry
108,838 murdered across Latin America in 2025. Half of Bogotá homicides are contract kills. How sicariato became a outsourced criminal...
April 17, 2026
Ecuador-Colombia 2026: Trade War, Border Conflict, CAN Collapse
Ecuador's 100% tariff on Colombian imports froze $2.8B in trade. Now Colombia may quit the Andean bloc. What investors need...
April 17, 2026
Colombia’s COLCAP Reclaims 21-EMA as Petro Rejects Tax Refund
COLCAP Colombia today rose 0.35% to 2,332 as Petro rejected the court order to return emergency taxes. Bond buyback and...
April 17, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Friday, April 17, 2026
Latin American Pulse: Petrobras AGM approves R$41.2B dividends and Mello chairmanship. Peru gap narrows to 6,600 votes. Brent snaps back...
April 17, 2026
Colombia Gas Production Falls to Record Low, Venezuela Fix Nearest
Colombia's gas output hit a record low 695 MPCD in February as imports surged to 23% of supply. Industrial prices...
April 16, 2026